Sentences with phrase «school than other children»

Homeless children are two to three times more likely to be absent from school than other children.

If you are from a black Caribbean background, you are three times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than other children.

The USDA reports that children who participate in the federally - subsidized lunch program are four times as likely to drink milk at school than other children.

Not exact matches

If one child decides not to go to school, goes to a cheaper school than expected, gets a full scholarship (more on that in a minute), or for some other reason doesn't use all of the money, you can simply change the beneficiary on the account and give those funds to another child... or even to yourself, if you'd like to go back to school.

That said, families with children seem more determined to return than others; while the post-wildfire population dropped about 17 per cent, public school enrolment fell only by about five per cent this year.

I've taken no theology or philosophy classes (other than a year or two of Catholic Sunday School as a child), though I've done a a whole lot of reading in both subjects.

I wish the schools would focus on teaching children math, science and other things required to make our society better, rather than focussing on this non-issue.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

In a piece for the Washington Post entitled «Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,» Chua explains how her children were never allowed to attend a sleepover, have a play date, be in a school play, watch TV, choose any of their own extracurricular activities, get any grade less than an A, or play any instrument other than piano or violin.

Children in public schools are being used to achieve an agenda other than literacy.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

Yet schools that educate large numbers of children in poverty are generally run, even more than others, on principles of behaviorism rather than self - determination.

In other words, the fact that double the number of private school students go on to complete college degrees has more to do with who attends private school than what the private school is actually doing for the child's college prospects.

The things my daughter finds to do and creates on her own with me just very loosely facilitating are now and have always been way cooler and more enriching for her than the organized things they did in preschool (and sadly now school - school, to the extent that I would not mind homeschooling, but that's a whole other more complicated issue...) A lot of it depends on the child and the home environment.

• If one parent is better - educated than the other, some children may benefit from the better - educated parent undertaking more care: e.g. in Norway, girls (but not boys) have been found to do better at school when a father who was better educated than their mother took longer - than - average leave (Cools et al, 2011.)

This is extremely important because during this assessment other possible causes for your child's difficulties at school other than or in addition to ADHD may be discovered, such as a learning disability, delay in language development, and anxiety issue, and more.

More than 85 percent of children eventually outgrow their milk allergy, some as early as grade school, and others into their teens and 20s.

But as an attached parent (I breastfed my son until he was almost 2 years old, we still share a family bed, and aside from daycare, he has never had a babysitter other than my mother) I can tell you that daycare and attachment parenting can live happily together.My son is also very cautious and quiet, but he has always been happy at «school,» and even more, he is the one who befriends the children who cry easily and who need extra comfort at daycare.

Who challenges GPs, schools, children's centres and other family support services to have more than the mothers» details on their registration forms?

Our children especially, stuck in crowded schools with lots of germs, are more likely to get sick during these months than during other months when they spend more time outside.

The children also take trash - free lunches to school; we don't use any disposable paper or plastic products in our home (other than toilet paper).

So much trouble arises when parents are feeding children other than their own in the school setting.

Some children take longer than others to adjust to a daily classroom routine or to a new school, teacher, or class, but they eventually open up.

plan for success with a simple, four - step program; discover the power of positive, rather than negative, labels; understand your child's and your own temperamental traits; cope with tantrums and blowups when they do occur; develop strategies for handling mealtimes, bedtimes, holidays, school, and many other situations.

There is nothing worse than getting a call from a teacher or an administrator indicating that your child has been bullying other kids at school.

Bottom line is that teachers often bear the behavioural brunt of the inadequacies of children's lunch (school provided or home made) and for some schools radical approaches may seem more worth the fallout than others who may favour a softly creeping change.

Research has shown that the children of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids of straight couples on mental health, social functioning, school performance and several other life - success measures.

Many school - age kids get too many calories from what they drink — not only from soda and other sugar - laden beverages but from fruit juice: The AAP recommends children 7 years and older drink no more than 8 ounces of unsweetened, pasteurized 100 percent fruit juice each day.

It's no wonder, then, that another study from 2009 that looked at children who participated in the National School Lunch Program found they were more likely to gain weight than other children.

This group is specifically advocating for HR 1324 and S. 934: «Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009,» which amends the Child Nutrition Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science - based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast proSchool Lunch Protection Act of 2009,» which amends the Child Nutrition Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science - based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast proschool lunch or breakfast programs.

They will learn social skills (direct from you, who know a little more than other children their age), and they won't have the de-socializing aspects of schools.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

I am certain that some children get along much better in a school environment than others.

I have two other children who are not school - age and they sleep later than my son, therefore I could not take him to school myself because I would have to wake up my daughters to do so.

Title III of the ADAAA requires that private, non-religious schools take necessary steps to make sure that no child, due to his disability, is «excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless the entity can demonstrate that taking such steps would fundamentally alter the nature of the good, service, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation being offered or would result in an undue burden.

But for other secular homeschoolers, those who do not follow a particular philosophy — which may either mean that they fall into the group of homeschoolers known as eclectic or that they use many public school methods — they don't or don't seem themselves as having a single, shaping vision that guides all their choices other than providing their children with an excellent, safe education.

We had already worked out that about 3 hours per day would be more than sufficient to cover the amount of learning in a typical school day, by the time we had subtracted lunchtime, the various breaks, Assembly, PE, lining up, registration etc - not to mention the waiting around while the teacher spoke individually to other children.

There are some exceptions, but the majority of home schooled children are very good at getting along with others, and they are very comfortable talking to children of different ages (both younger and older than themselves), and to adults.

Now I'm not endorsing that both get power careers and leave the child completely unattended, but I have contact with plenty of stay home moms as my child attends a very affluent private school and many of those stay at home moms don't do squat after the kids are dropped off other than yoga.

Having «your thing» in school is important, it reduces the chances of bullying and means the child always has something else going on other than just school.

We pass off clothes to other dads with kids younger than ours, share birthday parties with other children in our group, and even compare notes on pediatricians, schools and daycare facilities.

Circumstances prior to adoption often cause adopted children to experience school, among other things, in a different framework than other kids.

But the reality is that there are many things that would affect that other than just individual parenting skills — like a long line of trickle - down societal expectations; the way kids are treated at school; not to mention a high - quality, state - funded daycare system that most parents choose over staying at home permanently with their children.

Some children take longer than others to adjust to a new school, daily classroom routine, or teacher, but they eventually open up.

Readers may be surprised to learn, as I was, that the AAP really has no formal policy focused on the feeding of flavored milk to children, other than brief mentions in its policy addressing sugar - sweetened beverages in schools, where flavored milk — along with plain milk, fruit and vegetable juices and water — is cited as a «healthful alternative» to sodas, and in the academy's statement on increasing children's bone density and calcium intake.

If your child is struggling, and you suspect a pattern of difficulties rather than an isolated instance, speak first with your child's teacher and other school authorities about your concerns and to set up learning disability testing.

Even though the school is supposed to inform parents they can remove their children from the sessions, a YouGov poll conducted for the HSS in 2012 showed 80 % of parents either did not know this or had learned it from a source other than the school.

When there is no proof that academies improve children's education, certainly no more than any other school with extra funding, and with several academies in special measures, it is particularly irresponsible to push more schools down this route.»

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.